When the test is set to allow a processor to run
away with frame rate, the Pentium 4 really shows its
prowess. Without the graphics card throttling
things back, in 640X480 resolution, the P3 is a full
30 fps faster than the speedy Athlon 1GHz.
CPU. We include the 1024X768 resolution test
to show you what the fill rate limit of the GeForce
card places on a system while in the higher
resolutions. Let loose to crunch polygons at
the low end 640X480 setting, the Pentium 4 shows
good power locked within.

The
Torture1 Demo benchmark taxes the entire system with
a enormous multi-user session recorded and played
back. This test stresses the processing power
of both CPU and graphics card.

Once
again the Pentium 4 holds strong and posts roughly
the same level of gain in frame rate as in the
Timedemo tests.

We
then tested things under the Windows 2000
environment and noticed something VERY interesting.